![Dyslexic Master Montessori Teacher ALISON AWES [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-4.00.40-PM.jpg)
I recently had a chance to talk with Master Montessori Teacher Alison Awes who is based at the Montessori Training Center of Minnesota. Alison is dyslexic herself and she has written about how Montessori instruction can support dyslexic students. Alison is also...
![Positive Affirmations [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2019-09-01-at-9.07.26-PM.jpg)
A dyslexic woman and successful tech entrepreneur was interviewed and asked what helped her overcome 'the odds.' Here's what she said: "Affirmations...I literally told myself the naysayers were wrong about me. I told myself exactly what I needed to hear, every single...
![How to Read to Kids with Dyslexia – Reading As a Conversation [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mom-reading.jpg)
There are many good ways to read to children with dyslexia. In this post, we wanted to talk share an approach that some have called “dialogic” or like a dialogue. A dialogue is a back and forth conversation, and that is exactly how this style of reading goes. Rather than having a parent or teacher […]
![Why Students Hate to Write – A High School Teacher’s Reflections [Premium]](https://www.dyslexicadvantage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2019-09-17-at-9.04.00-AM.jpg)
“When students say that they do not like to write I ask them why. They typically respond with, “Because I hate it” … after incidents like this I cannot help but sit back and ask myself why I think they do not like to write…” One young teacher of high school students put her own […]
